October 2017 Running Challenge

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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    @PastorVincent battery life was the real decider for me. I absolutely love my 935. If you ever want to go for LONG ultras the battery life will help. For 100k plus distances, unless you're super fast, the 735 could run out. For reference. If I manage a 15 minute pace tomorrow, I'd run out of battery with a 735. Fast people don't have that problem, so you might be ok....
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited October 2017
    10/1 – 6 miles
    10/2 – rest day
    10/3 – 8 miles
    10/4 - 5 miles
    10/5 - 10 miles
    10/6 - 5 miles
    10/7 - rest day
    10/8 - rest day
    10/9 - 6 miles
    10/10 - 7 miles
    10/11 – rest day
    10/12 – 6 miles
    10/13 - unscheduled rest day
    10/14 - college visit with Skip
    10/15 - 3.1 miles for AIM
    10/16 - 6 miles
    10/17 - rest day - meet day so technically I ran 4 miles ha ha
    10/18 - 7 miles
    10/19 - 5 miles
    10/20 - rest day

    74 of 100 miles

    @MNLittleFinn smart of your body. Good luck tomorrow, I can’t wait to hear all about it!
    @Stoshew71 I hope the back is better. Sorry life is causing you issues.
    @PastorVincent I saw that cartoon on facebook, ha ha!
    @kartharmonic “forward is a pace” I need that on a shirt!! Glad the ribs are better!!
    @sarahthes the first rule of business travel is to see where you can run ha ha
    @cburke8909 glad to hear no clot. It’s hard to have to slow down, but your health is most important.
    @midwesterner85 good luck tomorrow!
    @ddmom0811 I never heard of the blood clot related to exercise and flying wow.
    @elise4270 glad to see you were running yesterday
    @garygse good job keeping with the slow recovery, it the long run (pun intended) it will pay off
    @MobyCarp glad to hear the ankle is feeling good, love the “Daylight Wasting Time” so true
    @cameronheel great PBs on your 10 miler yesterday.
    @HonuNui just wow! What an awesome video
    @girlinahat I got confused just reading how you measure!

  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @PastorVincent battery life was the real decider for me. I absolutely love my 935. If you ever want to go for LONG ultras the battery life will help. For 100k plus distances, unless you're super fast, the 735 could run out. For reference. If I manage a 15 minute pace tomorrow, I'd run out of battery with a 735. Fast people don't have that problem, so you might be ok....

    I is not fast people! :sunglasses:

    How far is your race? I lost track... but if I do the 50k race I am thinking of, it is a trail race so my pace will be much slower... maybe 14? That is what 7 hours? Current AppleWatch would never make it that far.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    Also, I hit more than 95lbs lost this morning. I have 5 more to goal to my original goal weight. Might tack on an extra 5 to get to a better racing weight. Regardless, it's a slow process (truly .5lbs per week) in order to manage the runger and stay fueled. It's nice to be in a place where my focus is so much more on fitness milestones and balanced nutrition for optimal running than weight loss ones.

    WOAH!!! CONGRATS!!!

  • RunRachelleRun
    RunRachelleRun Posts: 1,854 Member
    Good luck @MNLittleFinn !

    @Pastorvincent The 735 gives vibration and/or beep alerts to pace (or hr or speed or distance or time - whatever you set). You have to look at the watch to see “too fast” or “too slow” along with your pace. I don’t think it gives audio alerts through your headphones, but I could just be too dozy not to know or be using that feature.
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    10/1 rest
    10/2 5.5miles 50m:22s
    10/3 5miles 45m:30s
    10/4 9miles 1h:24m:02s
    10/5 6miles 55:m:30s
    10/6 11miles 1h:45m:40s
    10/7 4miles 38m:39s
    10/8 rest
    10/9 6.56miles 61m:30s
    10/10 5miles 47m:01s
    10/11 7miles 1h:06m:10s
    10/12 4.42miles 48m:00s
    10/13 12miles 1h:53m:24s
    10/15 5miles 48m:31s
    10/16 rest
    10/17 5.8miles 55m:37s
    10/18 7miles 64m:13s
    10/19 9miles 1h:20m:51s
    10/20 5miles 46m:17s
    10/21 12miles 1h:51m:25s

    Phew! My legs held up, but I wasn’t sure they’d make it the whole 12 miles. I’m pleased with my pace. I feel like I could go a tad faster if I’m not wearing my hydration vest and if my legs are fresh.

    I’m running 5 miles tomorrow to complete the week at 43.8 miles, a new PR.
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    @skippygirlsmom Thank you! I'm very nervous because it is my first marathon. Also, it looks like it might rain for the last 2 hours. Nervous AF over this, but then I have to look forward to the day (someday) when a marathon is nothing because I'm training for 100's and such.
  • cburke8909
    cburke8909 Posts: 990 Member
    13.6 stationary bike miles. Paced a bit faster than easy. Hoping for a 5miles run tomorrow. I can still feel tightness in the calf at times, so I think I'll try an easy pace and if it doesn't feel right, I'll walk instead.
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    edited October 2017
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    OKAY, Garmin fans... pretend I have one, like the 735 or 935.... Do they have audio prompts like "Current pace is 9:58, Average Pace is 9:32, avg HR is 143" ? That is what my Apple Watch+RunKeeper does. I depend on that cause I suck at self-pacing.

    If it does, will it pipe that out via the phone so I can use my BT headset?

    The screen has all that info at a glance. Mine (FR 620) like @RunRachelleRun 's does vibration or alert noises. I do the vibration alert. It'd annoy the kitten out me if it kept talking, interrupting my Zen. So I think if that's important to you, Garmin may not be what you want. Although, I can't say that this isn't an option, I'm just not aware of it.

    Garmin customer service is wonderful, you might drop an email.

    I plan on picking up the 935. (My bosses son works for Garmin and I hoping to get a discount :tongue: ) But I want it for swimming. I suppose I could saw a few bucks and just find one just for swimming. But then I gotta keep up with 2 watches. Like having 2 phones, annoying.
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @PastorVincent battery life was the real decider for me. I absolutely love my 935. If you ever want to go for LONG ultras the battery life will help. For 100k plus distances, unless you're super fast, the 735 could run out. For reference. If I manage a 15 minute pace tomorrow, I'd run out of battery with a 735. Fast people don't have that problem, so you might be ok....

    I is not fast people! :sunglasses:

    How far is your race? I lost track... but if I do the 50k race I am thinking of, it is a trail race so my pace will be much slower... maybe 14? That is what 7 hours? Current AppleWatch would never make it that far.

    race is 100k, 62.127 miles. I'm HOPING for like 15.5 hours, but reality is any finish before the 18 hour cut off is good. 15.5 hours is 15 minute pace
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
    10/1 = 15 miles
    10/2 = 6.5 miles and strength training
    10/3 = rest day
    10/4 = 8 miles
    10/5 = 6.5 easy miles and strength training
    10/6 = kettlebell workout
    10/7 = 7 miles
    10/8 = 16 miles
    10/9 = 8 miles
    10/10 = Vinyasa yoga class & 5.5 mile hike
    10/11 = 8.5 miles
    10/12 = rest day (because of stupid work crap)
    10/13 = 7.5 miles and 30 minutes of weights at the gym
    10/14 = 5.5 miles
    10/15 = 17 rainy miles (run/walk intervals with the group)
    10/16 = 8 miles and 20 minutes of strength training
    10/17 = Vinyasa yoga class
    10/18 = 9 miles
    10/19 = 6.5 miles
    10/20 = 7 miles

    141/175 (September goal miles)

    Upcoming Races:
    10/28 = Hill Country Halloween Half Marathon
    11/23 = Georgetown Turkey Trot
    12/10 = BCS Marathon
    1/6/18 = River Road Run Half Marathon
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    @PastorVincent , these are the Garmins that support the spoken audio: https://support.garmin.com/faqSearch/en-GB/faq/content/YSMw7c6DBJ2QgUj0I2c2p5.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    @PastorVincent , these are the Garmins that support the spoken audio: https://support.garmin.com/faqSearch/en-GB/faq/content/YSMw7c6DBJ2QgUj0I2c2p5.

    INTERESTING the 735 can, but the 935 cannot? That seems silly. :smiley:
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    @fitoverfortymom Nice loss!

    @cburke8909 I am such a cry baby compared to you! That calf look ominous. I get a niggle and I'm taking a rest day to wah wah over it :smiley:

    @midwesterner85 Good luck on your race!!! Take good mental notes for that race report!
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @PastorVincent battery life was the real decider for me. I absolutely love my 935. If you ever want to go for LONG ultras the battery life will help. For 100k plus distances, unless you're super fast, the 735 could run out. For reference. If I manage a 15 minute pace tomorrow, I'd run out of battery with a 735. Fast people don't have that problem, so you might be ok....

    I is not fast people! :sunglasses:

    How far is your race? I lost track... but if I do the 50k race I am thinking of, it is a trail race so my pace will be much slower... maybe 14? That is what 7 hours? Current AppleWatch would never make it that far.

    race is 100k, 62.127 miles. I'm HOPING for like 15.5 hours, but reality is any finish before the 18 hour cut off is good. 15.5 hours is 15 minute pace

    Dang. Right now 4 hours of running seems like a really long time. 15... that is just beyond my current level of consideration. :open_mouth:
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    @PastorVincent , these are the Garmins that support the spoken audio: https://support.garmin.com/faqSearch/en-GB/faq/content/YSMw7c6DBJ2QgUj0I2c2p5.

    INTERESTING the 735 can, but the 935 cannot? That seems silly. :smiley:

    I'd be all over the 735, but my struggle with Garmin is lack of music storage. If I'm going to spend that much, I don't want to *have* to take my phone with me.
  • RunRachelleRun
    RunRachelleRun Posts: 1,854 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    @PastorVincent , these are the Garmins that support the spoken audio: https://support.garmin.com/faqSearch/en-GB/faq/content/YSMw7c6DBJ2QgUj0I2c2p5.

    INTERESTING the 735 can, but the 935 cannot? That seems silly. :smiley:

    Hm, that is odd. And good to know, so thanks for asking the question. I'll have to try it out. I may be with @Elise4270 though. The vibration is good and I don't usually even have to look as I know what it is telling me. The battery life seems better than stated. I can go for weeks without charging, but I don't know about continuous use of GPS as needed in an ultra.
  • RunRachelleRun
    RunRachelleRun Posts: 1,854 Member
    @midwesterner85 Yes, good luck with your race!
  • RunRachelleRun
    RunRachelleRun Posts: 1,854 Member
    Wow @fitoverfortymom ! Congratulations!
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    @PastorVincent , these are the Garmins that support the spoken audio: https://support.garmin.com/faqSearch/en-GB/faq/content/YSMw7c6DBJ2QgUj0I2c2p5.

    INTERESTING the 735 can, but the 935 cannot? That seems silly. :smiley:

    I've never even thought of spoken alerts, I'm pretty well used to and trained to just look when my watch buzzes or vibrates..... Pretty sure I'd get confused by an actual spoken audio prompt..... Looking at the 735 vs the 935, the 935 has more data features, and the 735 might be more "accessible" so, maybe they are made for different types of athletes?
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    @PastorVincent battery life was the real decider for me. I absolutely love my 935. If you ever want to go for LONG ultras the battery life will help. For 100k plus distances, unless you're super fast, the 735 could run out. For reference. If I manage a 15 minute pace tomorrow, I'd run out of battery with a 735. Fast people don't have that problem, so you might be ok....

    I is not fast people! :sunglasses:

    How far is your race? I lost track... but if I do the 50k race I am thinking of, it is a trail race so my pace will be much slower... maybe 14? That is what 7 hours? Current AppleWatch would never make it that far.

    race is 100k, 62.127 miles. I'm HOPING for like 15.5 hours, but reality is any finish before the 18 hour cut off is good. 15.5 hours is 15 minute pace

    Dang. Right now 4 hours of running seems like a really long time. 15... that is just beyond my current level of consideration. :open_mouth:
    My longest "runs" have been in the 7+ hour range, with a lot of walking/hiking because, that's how trail is...
  • T1DCarnivoreRunner
    T1DCarnivoreRunner Posts: 11,502 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    @PastorVincent , these are the Garmins that support the spoken audio: https://support.garmin.com/faqSearch/en-GB/faq/content/YSMw7c6DBJ2QgUj0I2c2p5.

    INTERESTING the 735 can, but the 935 cannot? That seems silly. :smiley:

    I've never even thought of spoken alerts, I'm pretty well used to and trained to just look when my watch buzzes or vibrates..... Pretty sure I'd get confused by an actual spoken audio prompt..... Looking at the 735 vs the 935, the 935 has more data features, and the 735 might be more "accessible" so, maybe they are made for different types of athletes?

    Same here - my Garmin Fenix 3 HR just vibrates, but is feature-heavy.
  • greenolivetree
    greenolivetree Posts: 1,282 Member
    So my Plantronics Bluetooth ear piece went through the washer and dryer and still works! Whew! I need my music while I run ;) I went through a no music phase for awhile but I'm currently wanting music.

    Also my carpet cleaning got bumped a week due to the other person's schedule so I will get to run today! Yaya!

    Still have a burning sinus headache though.
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    RunRachelleRun wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    @PastorVincent , these are the Garmins that support the spoken audio: https://support.garmin.com/faqSearch/en-GB/faq/content/YSMw7c6DBJ2QgUj0I2c2p5.

    INTERESTING the 735 can, but the 935 cannot? That seems silly. :smiley:

    Hm, that is odd. And good to know, so thanks for asking the question. I'll have to try it out. I may be with @Elise4270 though. The vibration is good and I don't usually even have to look as I know what it is telling me. The battery life seems better than stated. I can go for weeks without charging, but I don't know about continuous use of GPS as needed in an ultra.

    I listen to audio books currently and RunKeeper broadcasts my stats in my ears every 1 minutes (configurable) which is nice cause it helps me stay on track while losing myself in the book. :) Having it tap my wrist reminding me to look might work too. Never tried that.
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    @skippygirlsmom Thank you! I'm very nervous because it is my first marathon. Also, it looks like it might rain for the last 2 hours. Nervous AF over this, but then I have to look forward to the day (someday) when a marathon is nothing because I'm training for 100's and such.

    @midwesterner85 I also tell Skip don't get nervous over the things you can't control, just take control of things you can. I love to run distance, but I still get nervous over running 5K races, you'll do great and in the end you'll say "I RAN A MARATHON!"
  • PastorVincent
    PastorVincent Posts: 6,668 Member
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    @PastorVincent , these are the Garmins that support the spoken audio: https://support.garmin.com/faqSearch/en-GB/faq/content/YSMw7c6DBJ2QgUj0I2c2p5.

    INTERESTING the 735 can, but the 935 cannot? That seems silly. :smiley:

    I've never even thought of spoken alerts, I'm pretty well used to and trained to just look when my watch buzzes or vibrates..... Pretty sure I'd get confused by an actual spoken audio prompt..... Looking at the 735 vs the 935, the 935 has more data features, and the 735 might be more "accessible" so, maybe they are made for different types of athletes?

    I have only ever had spoken alerts... So I do not know any different :smiley:
  • Elise4270
    Elise4270 Posts: 8,375 Member
    greenolivetree wrote: »
    So my Plantronics Bluetooth ear piece went through the washer and dryer and still works! Whew! I need my music while I run ;) I went through a no music phase for awhile but I'm currently wanting music.

    Also my carpet cleaning got bumped a week due to the other person's schedule so I will get to run today! Yaya!

    Still have a burning sinus headache though.

    Love that the headphones still work. We wash a lot of GU packets at our house. Thank goodness they are sealed good.

    I have unrelenting sinus pressure too. I'm dizzy today and have to keep reminding myself it's just sinuses not a brain tumor. :anguished::smiley:
  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    MNLittleFinn wrote: »
    PastorVincent wrote: »
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    @PastorVincent , these are the Garmins that support the spoken audio: https://support.garmin.com/faqSearch/en-GB/faq/content/YSMw7c6DBJ2QgUj0I2c2p5.

    INTERESTING the 735 can, but the 935 cannot? That seems silly. :smiley:

    I've never even thought of spoken alerts, I'm pretty well used to and trained to just look when my watch buzzes or vibrates..... Pretty sure I'd get confused by an actual spoken audio prompt..... Looking at the 735 vs the 935, the 935 has more data features, and the 735 might be more "accessible" so, maybe they are made for different types of athletes?

    I have only ever had spoken alerts... So I do not know any different :smiley:

    Back in my runkeeper days, before I got a Garmin, I vaguely remember using them, but I'm so accustomed to my watch now that I think I'd get distracted by them. My current annoyance is that I can't stop my garmin from beeping when it alerts. I prefer just to have vibration. Not going to matter tomorrow thoug, I turned off auto lap for my ultra.
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